E3 Spark Plugs News

Scott Bloomquist claimed his fourth straight win in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series April 30. He's also in fifth place for the E3 Spark Plugs Challenge.

Scott Bloomquist had a busy – and profitable – month firmly establishing himself as the man to beat in the E3 Spark Plugs co-sponsored Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. He swept the April races, taking his fourth straight win at the Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex in Markleysburg, PA Saturday night.

Bloomquist took the lead on lap four from Chris Wall and went unchallenged through the end of the race. This latest victory marks his 31st career series win. Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL finished second, followed by Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN; Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN; and Jared Hawkins of Fairmont, WV.

“Usually we get on a late season win streak, but here early on, everything is just clicking,” Bloomquist said in a post-race interview Saturday night. “The series is tougher than ever before and to beat these guys it takes a lot of hard work.”

Bloomquist leads the series point standings with 1210 points, followed by O’Neal (1110), Owens (1090), Pearson (980) and Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, GA (925).

Tim McCreadie is in the lead for the 2011 series’ E3 Spark Plugs Challenge, which rewards drivers for perfect attendance and promotion of the E3 brand throughout the series. Rounding out the top five in the challenge are Brad Neat, O’Neal, Owens and Bloomquist.

Next stop for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is Paducah International Raceway in Paducah, KY, Saturday May 7th. See you in the stands.

Jimmy Owens claims his first Super Late Model Win on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Tour co-sponsored by E3 Spark Plugs February 12, 2011.

Couldn’t make it to the tracks for the 35th Annual DART Winternationals Presented by Magnaflow? You’re in luck. Portions of the event, part of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and co-sponsored by E3 Spark Plugs, will air on three different television networks this year.

SPEED TV will air Saturday’s (Feb. 12) Winternationals events March 5 at 3:00 p.m. You’ll see Jimmy Owens land his first ever Super Late Model win at the “Clay by the Bay,” as locals call the East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, FL near Tampa. Owens had won in open wheel modified and crate late model before, but this was his first victory in the 40-lap super late model event and scored he Newport, TN resident $10,000. The night also saw Tim McCreadie claim the $12,000-purse in the finale win that almost wasn’t.

“Man the way the week started we weren’t very good, and I was not happy with anything,” McCreadie told reporters. “But the crew worked so hard the last few days to get us where we are tonight. Earlier in the week I never dreamed we would end up in victory lane, but it’s a great win.”

It was the sixth LOLMDS tour win for McCreadie, a second-generation racer.

VERSUS will air the Winternationals’ Friday night events (Feb. 11) on April 16 at 5:00 p.m. And MavTV will broadcast the same evening’s coverage June 2 at 9:00 pm. Billy Moyer and Brad Neat were the winners that night. While Hall of Famer Moyer made his 742nd career win (his 21st at East Bay Raceway Park), it was Neat’s first at the track and his third on the LOLMDS tour. E3 Spark Plugs congratulates all the Winternationals winners.

SPEED, VERSUS, MavTV and CBS will cover various LOLMDS events throughout the remainder of the 2011 tour. Visit LucasDirt.com and check your local TV listings to make sure you don’t miss any of the action.

E3 Spark Plugs has signed on as the title sponsor of the E3 Spark Plugs Challenge, a feature of the 2010 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series that centers on selected televised series events. The challenge bases standings on points earned by drivers for various plugs and promos during each of the series’ televised events taking place throughout the 2010 season.

To be eligible for cash prizes, drivers must maintain perfect attendance throughout the season, mention the E3 Spark Plugs Challenge during television interviews at each event and display E3 Spark Plugs decals throughout the season. It’s designed to give those perfect-attendance drivers incentives to perform well throughout the season and help promote E3 Spark Plugs as the “Official Spark Plug” of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. The driver who racks up the most points by season’s end lands a cash award of $2,500, and one runner-up gets $1,500 at the series’ year-end awards banquet at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN.

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